Reason to Believe (Pennywise album)

Reason to Believe is the ninth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise, which was released on March 25, 2008 as a worldwide free digital download on MySpace. MySpace Records released the album within the United States as a standard CD and a limited-edition vinyl version with two bonus tracks not available in any other format. The album was available in Europe on March 24 through Epitaph Records. Originally to be released in 2007 based on the two-year gaps between the last eight studio albums, a tentative title for the album was Free for the People, but the title was scrapped.

Reason to Believe
Studio album by
Pennywise
ReleasedMarch 24, 2008
RecordedOctober 2007 – January 2008 at Maple Studios, Santa Ana, California / NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenrePunk rock, melodic hardcore
Length41:55
LabelMyspace, Epitaph
ProducerCameron Webb
Pennywise chronology
The Fuse
(2005)		 Reason to Believe
(2008)		 All or Nothing
(2012)
Singles from Reason to Believe
  1. "The Western World"
    Released: February 2008
  2. "Die for You"
    Released: September 30, 2008
  3. "One Reason"
    Released: March 31, 2009

Some copies of this album have the Parental Advisory label on the cover. This was the first time a Pennywise album would have a Parental Advisory label on an album cover, even though many of their albums contain profanity.

Reason to Believe peaked at #98 in the United States on the Billboard 200, and #46 in Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart, the band's second lowest position on that chart since their 1995 album About Time.

Reason to Believe was the last Pennywise album to feature Jim Lindberg on vocals until his return in October 2012.

Writing and production

In September 2005, it was reported that Pennywise were planning to return to the studio in 2006 to begin work on their next album after The Fuse tour.[1] In May 2006, it was also reported that the album was intended to contain songs that were not on the previous album.[2] It was later revealed that one such song was "Brag, Exaggerate & Lie".

In an October 2006 interview, guitarist Fletcher Dragge stated that "everyone's been already working on songs" and Pennywise would get "together in the next coming months and put all the songs together".[3] In that interview, he also predicted that the album would be out "before next summer or in next summer".

In September 2007, it was reported that Dragge also stated in interview at the Warped Tour that the band had approximately 60 new songs and would spend the Fall "arguing" over which thirteen to include on the album.[4]

In October 2007, it was reported that Pennywise were back in the studio, where Dragge said they were "working on some new shit".[5] It was also reported that Randy Bradbury wrote most of the songs and the album was intended to be more of an "old school" Pennywise album.

Promotion and release

In November 2007, it was revealed that the band would release the album free through a partnership between MySpace Records, and Textango, a mobile music distributor.[6] In addition to that, the album would be for sale in stores through Epitaph, including a bonus DVD and two extra tracks.

On February 13, 2008, "Something to Live For" was made available for streaming via Alternative Press.[7] On March 20, 2008, the band made the entire album (excluding the bonus tracks) available to stream on their Myspace page.

As of March 2008, according to an OC Register report, Reason to Believe has been downloaded more than 400,000 times, making it one of Pennywise's most successful albums since their 2001 breakthrough Land of the Free?.[8] The album's first single, "The Western World", was premiered on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ on February 20, 2008, and debuted at number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart (and remaining in the Top 40 for 20 weeks), marking the highest initial charting single in the band's career.

Pennywise began the Reason to Believe Tour to promote the album on March 26, 2008 in San Diego, California. A music video for "The Western World" was posted online on May 21.[9] In July and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour.[10] In September and October, the band at a series of radio festivals.[11] "Die for You" impacted radio on September 30.[12] In February 2009, the band went on a brief tour of the west coast.[13] "One Reason" impacted radio on March 31.[14] In April and May, the band co-headlined the Jagermeister Music Tour with Pepper.[15]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net71% link
Allmusic link
Mammothpress.com link
ThePunkSite.com link
Unglued ReviewsNeutral link

Reason to Believe was released on March 25, 2008, and was the first Pennywise album distributed via MySpace Records. The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, earning a rating of 4 out of 5 on Allmusic.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."(Intro) As Long as We Can"3:09
2."One Reason"2:55
3."Faith and Hope"3:04
4."Something to Live For"2:38
5."All We Need"2:48
6."The Western World"3:08
7."We'll Never Know"2:42
8."Confusion"3:01
9."Nothing to Lose"2:57
10."It's Not Enough to Believe"2:38
11."You Get the Life You Choose"2:52
12."Affliction"3:19
13."Brag, Exaggerate & Lie"2:04
14."Die for You"3:40
Total length:41:55
Epitaph and Japanese CD release bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Next in Line"3:09
Vinyl release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Next in Line"3:09
16."One Nation"2:47
Digital download bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Just One More Day"3:18

Personnel

References
  1. "Pennywise: Next Album In 2007". Ultimate-Guitar.com. 2005-09-29. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  2. "Pennywise To Write New Album". Ultimate-Guitar.com. 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  3. "Interview with Fletcher Dragge". ThePunkSite. 2006-10-06. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  4. "New Pennywise Album Out In Early 2008". Ultimate-Guitar.com. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  5. "PW in the studio now". Pennywisdom.info. October 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  6. Pennywise On MySpace Records, Free Album Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "AP Exclusive: Stream a new Pennywise song now!". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 13, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  8. "Pennywise resurrected by its new friends on MySpace". OC Register. 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  9. "Pennywise post video for "The Western World"". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. May 21, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  10. "Venues for Warped Tour 2008 revealed". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 12, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  11. White, Adam (September 9, 2008). "Pennywise lines up radio festivals to support new single". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  12. "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. September 23, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  13. "Pennywise announce west coast tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. January 26, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  14. "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. March 24, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  15. "Pennywise and Pepper to co-headline Jagermeister Music Tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 17, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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